This newly refined chipset brings some much welcomed advancements to enthusiasts looking to go the way of SLI; some of which include a refined northbridge chip which boasts 32 lanes of PCIe 2.0 grunt alongside DDR3 and native 1600MHz FSB support.

Given NVIDIA's decision to do a Duo launch on the 790i SLI Ultra and 9800 GX2 today, several hardware review sites have chosen to pair the two together to see if it makes for a truely ultimate platform. You can get to all the coverage via the below links (which we'll continue to update over the next 24 hrs as the content keeps streaming in).